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  1. Hello. My cousin has sclc. She had part of her lung removed several years ago and last year the cancer recurred near her windpipe for which she underwent radiation and chemo. She was hospitalized recently to put a stent in her esophogus and they discovered three lesions in her brain for which she has been undergoing radiation. She will finish this in a few days and is expected to be discharged. She had been doing better, was recovering from the stent surgery and starting to eat but over the past couple of days has been in terrible pain in her head and neck and is not doing as well overall. The plan was to have her come home but we now believe she may need to go to hospice or a nursing home for some period of time. Does anyone have any thoughts on which of these is the better option if the goal is to get her well enough that she can come home? Her primary caregivers are her sister and her mother and it would be easier for her mother to get to a nearby nursing home, but the hospice is not so far as to make it extremely burdensome. Also, the doctor feels the pain is occurring because the radiation is breaking up the tumors in the brain and this will improve--has anyone seen this? Thanks for your advice. I will try to post a bio on my cousin when I nail down the details a little better.
  2. Hi Don. I just joined this forum last week to try and get some info for my cousin, who has sclc. I am going to print your post, give her a copy and keep a copy for myself in case I ever need it. Thanks.
  3. She will be having the stent put in on Tuesday. They now believe her vomiting was attributable in part to lesions in her brain (an MRI revealed there are 3, not 1) and in part due to stricture in the esophogus. She began radiation for the lesions yesterday.
  4. Thank you for your replies--I know that my aunt and cousin will be relieved to hear that others have had this problem and have been able to address it. She will be having the stent put in tomorrow. Unfortunately she learned today that she now has a small tumor in her head and will have to begin radiation for that. This really is such an awful disease.
  5. I realized after I left the last post that nobody can really give me any information if I don't ask any questions. To provide more background, my cousin had a part of her lung removed approximately three years ago. She returned to work and did well until late last year when a tumor was found near her windpipe. She had 40 radiation treatments and also chemo (I don't know what kind of chemo or how much). She was holding her own pretty well until she had a reaction during her last chemo session in which she coded and had to be intubated. Since then, she has been on oxygen and within a couple of weeks after that incident she began having difficulty holding down any food. This has gone on for several months now and she has been hospitalized several times. As I indicated in the last post, she had her esophogus stretched several times and they have talked about putting a stent in. She is currently in the hospital again. The doctors don't seem to have answers as to what is causing this. Has anyone ever heard of anyone having a similar experience and if so, any suggestions. I'm sorry this is so long and thanks for any information. Christine
  6. Hello. I just registered. My cousin completed chemo and radiation for recurrent lung cancer several months ago and is cancer free but having many complications and I am hoping I will come across some info that might help her. The lung cancer came back near her windpipe and she is having various problems, the most serious of which involve her esophogus, which has been stretched several times and may now need a stent to keep it open. Thanks.
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